Board of Directors

Patsy Anderson, Chair C.M.

Patsy Anderson has served on a number of boards over the last 20 years, including The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, The Hospital for Sick Children, SickKids Foundation (Chair 2006-2011), The Aldeburgh Connection (Chair 2008-present), Roy Thomson Hall & Massey Hall (Chair 1999-2001), and Rosedale United Church (Chair 2014-2016). She is a graduate of Queen’s University and the Harvard Business School. In 2012, she was named to the Order of Canada for her board leadership roles.

David Adams, CPA, CA

David Adams served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Aimia Inc., a global data-driven marketing and loyalty analytics company that operates in 20 countries from 2007 until his retirement in March 2016. Prior to joining Aimia, Mr. Adams held senior executive positions with Photowatt, SR Telecom and CAE. Mr. Adams was elected to Plan International Canada’s Board of Directors in January 2016. He currently serves on the Boards of Cardlytics and Club Premier. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Stratford Festival. Mr. Adams is a CPA and CA, holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Finance degree from the University of Toronto, and has completed the Stanford Executive Program.

David Court

David Court is a Director (Senior Partner) in McKinsey & Company’s Dallas office. He is the Firm's Global Director of Technology, Digitization and Communications and is currently leading the 'Digitizing Our Firm' initiative to reimagine major client and people processes from a digital-first mindset. He is a member of the Firm’s Board of Directors and Operating Committee. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Patricia Curadeau-Grou, B. Com., Finance, ICD.D.

Patricia Curadeau-Grou has been a senior officer of the National Bank of Canada since 1991 where she held several positions, including since June 2012, Strategic Advisor to the President and Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Finance, Risk and Treasury from 2007 to 2011. Prior to joining the National Bank, she held a number of key positions at major financial institutions, primarily in business development, credit and corporate planning. She has been a member of the Plan International Canada Board of Directors since March 2010.

Ms. Curadeau-Grou is also a member of the Women’s Executive Network Hall of Fame for Canada’s most powerful women. She received this honour after being named one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 three times. Ms. Curadeau-Grou has a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from McGill University, a diploma from the Institute of Corporate Directors, and sits on several not-for-profit boards.

Sasha Jacob, M.B.A.

Sasha Jacob is President & CEO of Jacob Capital Management Inc. a financial advisory and merchant banking firm focused on the renewable power and cleantech sectors. In 2009, Mr. Jacob was elected to Plan International Canada’s Board of Directors, bringing to the table proven experience in executive leadership and renewable energy.

Mr. Jacob completed his B.A. at Bishop’s University and M.B.A. from Sir Wilfrid Laurier University. He was the recipient of the Laurier M.B.A. 2009 Outstanding Executive Leadership Award.

Joshua Liswood, LL.B.

Joshua Liswood is a Partner and the Chair of National Health Industry Practice for Miller Thomson LLP. Having joined the Board of Plan International Canada in 2006, Mr. Liswood is a member of the the Board's Governance and Nominating Committee. He has visited Plan International projects in Ethiopia, Uganda and Rwanda.

Mr. Liswood completed his B.A. at York University and LL.B. at York University, Osgoode Law School (1977).

Colleen McMorrow, FCPA, FCA

Colleen McMorrow is a Partner and Canadian leader of Strategic Growth Markets at Ernst & Young LLP. She was elected to Plan International Canada’s Board of Directors in 2015 and brings to the table proven experience in audit, accounting, tax, financing, acquisition due diligence, IPO, corporate governance and business planning. Ms. McMorrow is a past lecturer at the Small Business Enterprise Program, School of Continuing Studies, at The University of Toronto. In 2015, she was nominated as a trailblazer and trend-setter on Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100 List.

Aaron Regent, FCPA, FCA

Aaron Regent is the founding partner of Magris Resources Inc. Magris currently owns and operates Niobec Inc., one of the world’s largest producers of niobium, and has over 450 employees at its mining operations in Canada.

Previously, Mr. Regent was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Barrick Gold Corporation from 2009 to 2012 and Chairman of African Barrick Gold PLC from its IPO in 2010 to 2012.

Before joining Barrick, he was Senior Managing Partner of Brookfield Asset Management and Co-CEO of its infrastructure group.

Mr. Regent previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of global mining company Falconbridge Ltd. from 2002-2005. Following its merger with Noranda, he was President of the combined company, which had over 14,000 employees and operations in 18 countries. Falconbridge was sold to Xstrata in 2006 for C$27 billion, then the largest transaction in the history of the mining industry.

Mr. Regent is a board member of The Bank of Nova Scotia, Potash Corp. and the C.D. Howe Institute. He is an honorary member of the boards of the Hospital for Sick Children Foundation and the National Ballet of Canada. Mr. Regent is also Co-Founder and Co-Chair of Mining4Life which has raised more than $17.6 million since 2010 for children’s health and education programs around the world.

Bernard Richard

Bernard Richard served as Ombudsman for the Province of New Brunswick from 2004 and as its Child and Youth Advocate from 2006, and held both posts until his retirement in March 2011. He received his B.A. in psychology from Université de Moncton and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New Brunswick.

From 1991 to 2003, Mr. Richard served as an M.L.A. in New Brunswick and held cabinet positions for Aboriginal and Intergovernmental Affairs, Justice, Education and Social Policy Renewal. He joined the Board of Directors for Plan International Canada in 2007, and chairs the Board’s Governance and Nominating Committee. With a distinguished career in politics and children’s rights, he is Child Rights Advisor for Plan International Canada.

Leagh Turner, M.A.

Leagh Turner is the Chief Operating Officer for SAP Canada. In 2015, Ms. Turner was elected to Plan International Canada’s Board of Directors, bringing to the table proven experience in operations, marketing, and value and solution engineering. Ms. Turner received an M.A. from The University of Western Ontario.

The role of the board

Our supporters give generously and loyally to the work of Plan International around the world, and have a right to know that their money is being used appropriately.

The role of Plan International Canada’s board is to protect the interests of all stakeholders and ensure that expected standards of good governance, accountability and transparency are met. More specifically, the board:

The CEO performance assessment process begins with the board and the CEO agreeing upon annual performance objectives and the key indicators that will measure achievement. There is a review at the six-month mark and a formal review at year end. For the formal review, the CEO provides written feedback on accomplishments to the Chair of the Board and the full board meets to review this. The Chair of the Board is responsible for delivering the final performance assessment to the CEO, with an evaluation of accomplishments in relation to the objectives set out at the beginning of the year.

About Plan International

Founded in 1937, Plan International is one of the world’s oldest and largest international development agencies, working in partnership with millions of people around the world to end global poverty. Not for profit, independent and inclusive of all faiths and cultures, Plan International strives for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.